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To promote his fourth album God Does Like Ugly, JID released what he deems a "Preluxe", or four throwaway tracks that didn't fit the album enough to be included on the standard release. As such, the tracks are immediately apparent as throwaways. While JID has great flows on every song, the features are maybe not so much so. Lil Yachty is his normal, pretty lame self in Knew Better, and 6LACK offers an uncharacteristically dull and short verse on Lisa. Only Eminem on Animals (Pt. ... read more

Björk's tenth and most recent album, Fossora, proves that what goes up must come down. For the most part abandoning the dreaming heavens of Utopia, Fossora returns to a more earth-y, mycelian sound perhaps similar to that of Volta and Medúlla. Here, Björk draws inspiration from more 'dirty' and industrial genres and working closely with Indonesian gabber duo Gabber Modus Operandi (before one of the members was accused of sexual misconduct and subsequently written ... read more

In order to move on from the pain and strife of Vulnicura and its heartbreak as well as the political nonsense of 2016, Björk turned her attention to the future with a more bright and optimistic outlook than had any other artist of the era. As such, her 9th album, aptly named Utopia, imagines a more happy, free, and naturalistic (note the frequent use of birdsongs throughout the album) utopian society. This was, perhaps, modeled after the ideal vision of Iceland she has loved and ... read more

For an artist so prolific and a portfolio so intertwined with love, I suppose it was natural for Björk to eventually come upon a breakup album. It is, in fact, a little surprising she hadn't done so until Vulnicura, over two decades into her career! However, at the same time it must be recognized that this bold avoidance of the most popular album concept is what made her into the visionary, trailblazing artist she is to date. And when Björk is forced by circumstance to play into ... read more